Pete Hegseth faces growing pressure to resign over texted plans for Yemen attackWhite House argues latest texts released by the Atlantic prove nothing classified was shared in Signal group chatWed Mar 26 2025 - 21:32
Trump downplays unprecedented self-inflicted US security breach as ‘the only glitch in two months’ Washington political circles struggle to absorb staggering blunder by senior cabinet membersWed Mar 26 2025 - 06:00
Self-inflicted security breach by Trump officials opens up line of attack for DemocratsClaim by director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made to look absurd during gruelling hearingTue Mar 25 2025 - 19:32
‘Pete Hegseth texted me the war plan’: How top US officials shared military strike details in group chat with journalist‘Genuinely shocking’: National security lapse presents a perfect snapshot of the fears over defence secretary Hegseth’s suitabilityTue Mar 25 2025 - 07:37
Trump’s bizarre televised tour of the Oval Office reflects larger question about direction of USAmerican Diary: Trump regularly invokes George Washington as he keeps one eye on posterity while simultaneously silencing The Voice of AmericaSat Mar 22 2025 - 06:00
Irish-based surgeon loses four family members in Israeli air strike on GazaSister and newborn grandniece of Navan-based Dr Mahmoud Abumarzouq left fighting for lives after attack south of RafahTue Mar 18 2025 - 18:39
Conor McGregor represents ‘very worst of toxic masculinity’ - TánaisteGarda criticises MMA fighter’s remarks on crime rates in Dublin in wake of contentious St Patrick’s Day visit to White House Tue Mar 18 2025 - 17:04
Why did Donald Trump bring Conor McGregor to the White House?The shamrock bowl now lies wilting, and Ireland remains as vulnerable as ever to the caprices of the Trump administrationTue Mar 18 2025 - 06:58
New York’s solemn St Patrick’s Day traditions a reminder of the old order in a turbulent new worldMass and marching in the morning: a hard business warning from the Tánaiste in the afternoonMon Mar 17 2025 - 20:20
Donald Trump, Conor McGregor praise each other’s work ethics during St Patrick’s Day meeting at the White HouseMMA fighter’s immigration remarks ‘wrong’ says Taoiseach, as Tánaiste says fighter has ‘no mandate’ to speak for people of Ireland during Washington visitMon Mar 17 2025 - 20:04
In Philadelphia Simon Harris celebrates Irish-American story and a ‘very particular case’Minister for Foreign Affairs says ‘we haven’t given up' on the cause of undocumented Irish in the USSun Mar 16 2025 - 09:13
Taoiseach moves to clarify status of Occupied Territories Bill after meeting with Jewish groupSt Patrick’s Day visit: Micheál Martin meets groups in Washington after rejecting as ‘absurd’ claims of anti-SemitismFri Mar 14 2025 - 20:59
Burke family incident in Washington ‘regrettable’, says Taoiseach, ‘but we live in a democracy’Isaac and Ami Burke, along with their mother Martina, interrupted event attended by Taoiseach in protest at the imprisonment of Enoch BurkeFri Mar 14 2025 - 16:29
US visit gives North’s Deputy First Minister a chance to tell a new story Emma Little-Pengelly and Donald Trump discussed the ‘long-standing and close ties’ between the US and Northern IrelandThu Mar 13 2025 - 20:24
Taoiseach can’t disguise the fact that he’d say anything to keep shamrocks flying high in TrumplandDonald Trump's statements about the ‘very special’ Irish made economic clouds seemed not so ominousWed Mar 12 2025 - 22:07
Trade tensions, Ukraine and Israel-Palestine among Irish officials’ concerns on Washington tripOfficials hope Taoiseach will succeed in keeping the conversation with Trump positive – at least in publicWed Mar 12 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach to meet Trump in White House as trade war kicks off between the US and the EUMartin expected to stress mutually beneficial trade relations between Ireland the United StatesWed Mar 12 2025 - 06:00
Micheál Martin tight lipped ahead of Oval Office meeting with Trump, as Burke family travel to WashingtonWith Capitol Hill focused on budget and market concerns, fears that the Taoiseach might be walking into an ambush seem unlikelyTue Mar 11 2025 - 18:13
‘Hold your nerve’: Taoiseach enjoys good vibes in Texas ahead of Oval Office visitMartin focuses in on his key message for Donald Trump - trade is a two-way street that has worked sweetly for Ireland and the USTue Mar 11 2025 - 07:24
Taoiseach kicks off US visit with whistlestop tour of Austin and pop-up GaeltachtMicheál Martin spoke at the SXSW tech festival in Texas, visited the governor and cheerfully batted away questions about Wednesday’s big encounter in the Oval OfficeTue Mar 11 2025 - 06:00
Micheál Martin ‘very conscious’ of thousands of jobs relying on US-Ireland relationship, he says in TexasTaoiseach begins high-stakes US trip which includes Trump meeting on WednesdayMon Mar 10 2025 - 16:20
What experts expect to happen when Micheál Martin meets Donald Trump this week The Oval Office 2025 has become a fascinating and volatile court, so the Taoiseach might expect one or two curveballs coming his wayMon Mar 10 2025 - 06:00
Selma still struggles 60 years on from march for civil rightsThe Alabama city that achieved infamy because of state troopers’ violence towards peaceful protesters in 1965 is struggling to find ways to reverse its steep declineSat Mar 08 2025 - 06:00
‘This is a complete betrayal of the middle class’: Democrats rail against Trump’s plans for MedicaidRepublican budget marks the beginning of the end of a crucial welfare health programme, say DemocratsFri Mar 07 2025 - 16:06
Tánaiste contradicts US account of his conversation with Marco Rubio Simon Harris insists US-Irish trade deficit was not discussed in call with secretary of stateThu Mar 06 2025 - 21:54
Trump says ‘golden age of America has only just begun’ in speech riddled with exaggerations and inaccuracies President offers up shocks and promises, riddled with exaggerations and factual inaccuracies, during address to CongressWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:55
Trump has flown US into turbulence and Americans aren’t sure where they’re going to landSome Americans see a golden age dawning under Donald Trump, others fear their democracy is dyingSat Feb 22 2025 - 05:00
America divided: Musk and Trump on Fox News, Sanders on CNNSwitching from one channel to the other underlines the seismic drift between competing ideologiesWed Feb 19 2025 - 19:02
‘Is this 1935 or 2025?’: US protests held against Trump administration Demonstrations held in front of state capitol buildings across country in opposition to US president and MuskTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:45
Robert F Kennedy jnr marks an undeniable crossing point in American political lifeThe Kennedy saga has become so embedded in the American subconscious that it can never endSun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
Mitch McConnell cuts a lonely figure as US Senate approves RFK jnr nominationKentucky senator is sole voice of protest in Republican party, but blew his chance to stop Trump’s return to powerSat Feb 15 2025 - 05:00
Ireland braced for impact from latest round of Trump tariff plans US president said he will enact import taxes on pharmaceuticals at a later date, eyeing return of industryThu Feb 13 2025 - 20:39
European nations must be involved in Ukraine peace talks, leaders say after Trump calls with Putin and Zelenskiy Nato head says any peace deal in Ukraine must be enduring, any talks must include KyivThu Feb 13 2025 - 07:41
Will ‘steely, unflinching’ White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt be chewed up like her predecessors?As with Sean Spicer and Kayleigh McEnany before her, Leavitt (27) knows that keeping media-obsessed Donald Trump happy is a high wire actThu Feb 13 2025 - 06:44
Unelected Musk holds court in Trump’s Oval Office as he defends efficiency driveMusk, accompanied by son X, seeks to present the work of Doge as good common sense as Trump stays largely silentWed Feb 12 2025 - 06:54
Trump repeats Gaza takeover plan as he meets Jordan’s King AbdullahIsrael’s Netanyahu threatens to end ceasefire if Hamas does not release hostages on Saturday Tue Feb 11 2025 - 21:19
US poll shows Donald Trump at new heights of approval after three weeks in officePresident says Elon Musk and himself will unearth ‘hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud and abuse’ within US governmentMon Feb 10 2025 - 20:27
Around the US, Elon Musk is the name on all lips, on all placardsThe fear is Musk is treating the machinery of the US federal system as a plaything and something he owns – and that he doesn’t know what he is atSat Feb 08 2025 - 05:00
Donald Trump’s first 16 days: Pardons, 956 immigration arrests and everything he’s done so far From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone beforeFri Feb 07 2025 - 13:54
Government criticises ‘provocative’ Israeli comments on Irish ‘obligation’ to Gaza refugeesControversy comes as figures show the number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland has increased more than eightfoldFri Feb 07 2025 - 06:00
Trump Gaza plan provokes international condemnation and dismissalProposal involves US relocating Palestinians and redeveloping the Gaza StripWed Feb 05 2025 - 21:17
‘We’ll own it’: Trump’s shocking plan to take over Gaza and displace two million Palestinians US president’s proposal sounded like a pitch for an upmarket gated community rather than the enforced displacement of a peopleWed Feb 05 2025 - 06:56
Donald Trump remains besotted with tariffs and Europe is nextUS president believes his country’s trade agreement with the EU is an ‘atrocity’Tue Feb 04 2025 - 07:20
Netanyahu returns to a different White House, and a less patient president The Israel leader hopes to return from Washington with significant achievements on two frontsTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
Irish diplomats in Washington aim to banish anxiety and build ties with new Trump administration Irish influence in the US may be moving to a different phase rather than decliningTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
US-Canada relations turn icy: ‘Without this subsidy, Canada ceases to exist’The Canadian response – the imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on the $30 billion on imports originating in the US, is effective immediatelyMon Feb 03 2025 - 09:09
Tinseltown loses its lustre: the home of American cinema is hanging on by a threadIf you can’t keep the film houses open in Los Angeles, what hope for the rest of the world?Sat Feb 01 2025 - 17:00
LA after the fires: Like driving through a post-nuclear suburbia. The scale of destruction is unfathomableThe desire to rebuild the destroyed communities is strong. But residents know they cannot fully replace what has been lost Sat Feb 01 2025 - 06:00
Trump blames Washington air crash on Democrats’ diversity and equality policiesTrump blames Washington air disaster on equality policies of Democratic administrationsThu Jan 30 2025 - 21:07
Gavin Newsom’s small victory over Donald Trump provides chink of light for DemocratsGovernor of California faces down US president in confrontation that speaks volumes for chasm between ruling and opposition partiesSun Jan 26 2025 - 10:41
